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“Taggart Holdings, which was also building houses in Great Britain and the Isle of Man, was put into administration in October 2008 when Ulster Bank and Bank of Ireland called in their debts.”
“Turnover at 100 of the largest such firms grew by 79% on average in the year to March, said the business information service Social Enterprise.”
“The report, which covered 350 firms in total, said those in south-east England saw the biggest growth, up 56%.”
“The East Midlands was the worst performing, with growth of only 15%.”
“It was used to form the first publication of an index tracking the growth of the 100 top social businesses in the UK, the RBS SE100.”
“"The RBS SE100 is a hugely important tool for proving the success and potential of social enterprise," said Nick Hurd, Minister for Civil Society.”
“"Already it shows phenomenal growth which will boost confidence in the sector and open doors to private finance."”
“over the next five years we are investing £40m”
“tennis is the fourth-biggest commercial sport in the country, valued at £1.3bn”
“The LTA's annual budget is £55m”
“about half of that being derived from the annual Wimbledon championship”
“will keep 90% of the financial surplus from the event each year”
“50% of the Wimbledon venue owned by the LTA since 1934 will be sold to the All England club for £55m, to be made in instalments from 2013”
“In January 2009, Mr Draper then signed up the first-ever "lead partner of British tennis" - global life and pensions giant Aegon - in a five-year deal”
“it had 47 backers paying between £50,000 and £100,000 each”
“just 10% of the LTA's income was derived from Sport England”
“47”
“January 2009”
“2006”
“which will award a total of £50,000 ($73,000, 60,000 euros) to local businesses chosen from a shortlist and voted for by the public.”
“Being in business for the last 30 years”
“In 2009, she won the World Career Award in Vienna.”
“She launched Elle Macpherson Intimates over 20 years ago - and it is now the best selling brand in the UK and Australia.”
“she has opened 300 outlets in 11 countries across Europe in the last two years.”
“Throughout this whole period since 2008 I have seen very balanced spread sheets coming back,”
“Ms Macpherson stopped modelling for the company ten years ago”
“Attendance at Willenhall Leisure Centre has decreased by 20% since April”
“This has by no means been an easy decision," Mr Harris said. "But, frankly, we can't afford to keep it open. We're in a difficult financial position and tough decisions have to be made."”
“No decision has been made yet on the timing of the closure but we will honour the school bookings already made for 2010 and the early part of 2011.”
“offers over £30,000 were sought.”
“first time in 150 years.”
“Police said the closure took immediate affect so it would miss out on "busy and lucrative" World Cup trade.”
“Only three out of 14 pubs and restaurants tested by council officials in Derbyshire had correctly labelled home-made or local food.”
“Trading standards officers said they were particularly disappointed as advice leaflets on the issue had been sent to more than 700 businesses across the county.”
“Verbal or written advice or warning letters were sent to the 11 companies making incorrect claims.”
“Businesses that fail to comply with the Food Safety Act can face prosecution and fines of up to £20,000 or a six month prison sentence.”
“A £20m grant to help Nissan develop electric cars on Wearside is not in danger.”
“Production of the electric car, the Leaf, is expected to safeguard hundreds of jobs at the Sunderland plant.”
“This will bring an enormous and much-needed boost to the North East's economy, workers, and beyond.”
“'beyond wildest dreams'”
“unless provided with a £30m bond”
“tried fraudulently to sell the Ritz for £250m”
“hotel, which is valued at £600m, for £250m”
“gave the three men £1m as deposit”
“Not in my wildest dreams would I have expected that anyone would have access to a contract to purchase that asset for £200m.”
“Christian Sweeting refused to progress the deal unless provided with a £30m bond, which never materialised.”
“About 2,000 tonnes of crab are landed in the South Devon Bay area every year, but more than 60% is exported to France and Spain.”
“Publisher DC Thomson is set to close a print works in Dundee with the loss of up to 350 jobs.”
“DC Thomson & Co Ltd is a family-run company and employs more than 2,000 people.”
“The spokesman said the company would do "everything it could to minimise the number of compulsory redundancies" and it has begun a 90-day consultation with staff affected.”
“The shop in Tetbury in Gloucestershire opened in March 2008 and there is another store available online.”
“The shop in Tetbury in Gloucestershire opened in March 2008”
“The shop in Tetbury has been hugely successful so we are expanding the brand and making the product available to a wider audience.”
“We do get a lot of repeat customers for things like the jams and chutneys.”
“All of its profits will go to the Prince's Charities Foundation.”
“Mr Retout announced last month that he was taking a six month sabbatical from his role at Wrexham FC and also the Crusaders rugby league side.”
“He said after two years of non stop work at the Racecourse, he wanted time to recharge my batteries and to deal with some personal issues.”
“Brighton & Hove City Council hired a private recruitment agency to create the advert for four strategy directors who will each receive £125,000 a year.”
“the authority was aiming to find £15m in savings.”
“Opel, which owns the UK Vauxhall unit, wanted loan guarantees of more than 1bn euros (£900m) from Germany.”
“GM emerged from bankruptcy protection last July, and in May this year reported its first quarterly profit in nearly three years. The company also repaid $8.1bn in loans it had received from the US and Canadian governments.”
“Opel employs some 24,000 people in Germany, where it assembles Insignias, Astras and Corsas at four plants.”
“GM has said it will spend about 1.9bn euros on restructuring Opel, but is seeking 1.8bn euros in loan guarantees from European governments, including the 1.1bn euros from Germany.”
“It is estimated that by 2018, only 2% of employees will be paid in this way.”
“It added that banks were opening about 35,000 basic bank accounts a month and had met the previous government's target for new accounts last October.”
“The UK government agency for registering businesses employs 1,100 people.”
“around 200 staff also work at offices in Nantgarw, Rhondda Cynon Taf.”
“The so-called "London Living Wage" has been increased by 25p an hour to £7.85.”
“The minimum pay per hour pay now stands £2 higher than the national minimum wage of £5.80 per hour.”
“About 100 companies and local authorities offer the London Living Wage to their workers”
“four new firms have also signed up. Deloitte, Nomura, Prudential and Standard Chartered have now joined the group, the mayor said.”
“The wage rate is a 3.3% rise on last year's figure”
“and has increased by 17% since it was introduced five years ago.”
“More than 130 drawings were sent to Tesco to use for a possible store on the edge of Nottingham city centre.”
“It asked architects to submit plans for the site at Eastside and received 133 responses.”
“The number of architects aiming to design the site has been reduced to seven”
“and Tesco will choose a winner on 15 June.”
“He added the project would create up to 500 jobs”
“He had begun working for the Royal Mail in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, in June 2009 and had moved to the Essex depot four months later.”
“Antique jewellery worth at least £15,000 has been stolen during a burglary at a store in Surrey.”
“charges, which would be up to £20 a month”
“fee would range from £12 to £20 a month for full-time staff”
“part-time staff or occasional users could pay £1 a day instead of the monthly rate”
“review after 12 months”
“Staff have already had a real terms pay cut in two of the last three years”
“the pay rise in April 2010 was just 2.25% compared to the rate of inflation of 5.3%”
“With parking charges on top this is a cut of over 4% in pay for most staff”
“the trust's board made the decision following a six-week consultation with staff”
“It operates in 80 countries across the world and sells its products and services in more than 100.”
“It employs more than 80,000 people and runs 22,400 petrol stations globally.”
“has been sold by a Liverpool auction house for £190,000.”
“'The bidding started at £40,000, but quickly went up to £140,000. 'Bidding slowed a little then it continued to £190,000, so I thought it was sensible to get the hammer down.''”
“painted by George Clausen in 1896.”
“In the first year of the Public Facilities Grant Scheme over 130 organisations, including the Cambrian Woollen Mill in Powys and Llys Nini Animal Centre in Swansea, joined the scheme”
“The consortium, which includes Royal Bank of Scotland, said the move would be made for commercial reasons.”
“In 2001, fledgling airline Air Wales investigated the possibilty of running a transatlantic link.”
“And in 2002, it was understood a major American company was in talks to bring in a service between Cardiff and New York three times a week from 2003.”
“Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council are paying for the changes but said it will be six weeks before work can start.”
“We have dealt with this as quickly as we could ... and are treating the project as urgent.”
“Major structural works are required in order to provide the necessary alterations, but the final scheme has been agreed and tenders sent out to find a suitable builder, to enable the work to commence.”
